Lyrics
The hiss of the Foutou steam on a July windowpane,
pinky-nail scar from the bike chain, I felt no pain.
The polyrhythm thumping from the stickball game,
on the blacktop where the sun done cooked the tar again.
Sound of my father's keys turning in the lock, it's a cold click,
my whole world held in that old grip, that gold-tooth G-shock counterfeit.
Heard him whisper to my mother, "Il est trop Américain."
I pretended to be sleepin', breathin' out and breathin' in.
[Chorus]
This is all just static on the prayermat,
a hundred little ghosts, I don't know where they at.
This is all just static on the prayermat,
a tangled, golden knot that I can't tie back.
[Verse 2]
The hum from the bodega freezer, 1 AM in August,
the smell of bleach and burnt rice, a bitter promise.
The specific way the light hit the dust motes in the hallway,
felt like a city map, I studied it all day.
The worn-down face on the ceremonial Baoulé mask,
lookin' just like Mr. Diallo when the pressure starts to crack.
A loose weave in the fabric, a pattern I can't follow,
just the silhouette of buildings, lookin' empty, lookin' hollow.
[Outro]
Static on the prayermat...
Just static on the prayermat.
About GRIOT GHOST
Born Adama Koné to Ivorian immigrants, GRIOT GHOST was raised between the rich aromas of his mother's kitchen in Canarsie and the hard-edged reality of the Brooklyn streets. He was translating bills for his parents by age nine, but hiding his rhyme books from a father who dreamed of him becoming an engineer. Now, he funds his studio time by stocking supermarket shelves overnight, turning the…
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